FNUS73 KUNR 230121
FWSUNR

SPOT FORECAST FOR POPLAR...BKF
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RAPID CITY SD
721 PM MDT SUN JUL 22 2012

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1858 MDT ON JULY 22.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE CONTACT THE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN RAPID CITY.

.DISCUSSION...ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CROSS THE AREA DURING
THE NEXT TWO HOURS OR SO. ERRATIC AND GUSTY WINDS WILL OCCUR WITH ANY
THUNDERSTORMS. HOT WEATHER WILL CONTINUE WITH LOW MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITIES
DURING THE DAY AND FAIR RECOVERY AT NIGHT.

.REST OF TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY THEN BECOMING PARTLY CLOUDY.
                    ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS DURING THE EVENING.
                    ERRATIC AND GUSTY WINDS NEAR ANY STORMS.
TEMPERATURE.........MIN 61.
RH..................MAX 78 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........VARIABLE WINDS AROUND 5 MPH IN THE EVENING...BECOMING
                    LIGHT DOWN SLOPE/DOWN VALLEY. ERRATIC AND GUSTY WINDS NEAR ANY
                    STORMS.
CWR.................50 PERCENT.
LAL.................3.
HAINES INDEX........3 OR VERY LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME
                    DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......600 TO 1100 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....VARIABLE 5 TO 10 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR.

.MONDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY. CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON.
TEMPERATURE.........MAX 87.
RH..................MIN 33 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS BECOMING EAST 5 TO 9 MPH IN THE
                    LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON.
CWR.................0 PERCENT INCREASING TO 15 PERCENT IN THE
                    AFTERNOON.
LAL.................1 UNTIL 1200...THEN 3.
HAINES INDEX........4 OR LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME DOMINATED
                    FIRE GROWTH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......8200 TO 9200 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....EAST AROUND 7 MPH SHIFTING TO THE SOUTH 7 TO 13
                    MPH EARLY IN THE MORNING.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR INCREASING TO GOOD LATE IN THE MORNING.

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FORECASTER...GR
REQUESTED BY...IC
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20120722.POPLA.01/UNR